You don’t have to explain
everything. We begin where
overwhelm lives.
For over 30 years I've worked with creative, high-achieving people — including accomplished individuals in sports, entertainment, business, and the arts. What they often share is a nervous system that has been asked to carry more than it should.
My approach combines current neuroscience with body-based modalities that many people once considered unconventional — though the field is now increasingly validating what clients have experienced for years. We work not through force or analysis alone, but by supporting the body’s capacity to create safety from within.
Every nervous system is different. In a small number of sessions, we identify your pattern — the way your system learned to protect you — and begin a gradual process that allows that protection to soften.
Below are the five states I most often see in new clients. Read them slowly. If one resonates, that is where we begin.
See yourself
somewhere in here.
"I'm barely keeping
my head above water."
Everything feels out of control and nothing you've tried has brought lasting relief. You may have talked about it before, but talking has not been enough to shift it.
This might be you if any of these feel familiar:
Many clients arrive here first. What feels like collapse is often the nervous system doing what it learned to do — which means it can also learn something new. We work without needing to revisit every detail. You only share what feels right. The body already carries the map.
"I can't breathe.
The stress is relentless."
Life feels like a constant state of alert. The tension rarely lets up, and your body has become accustomed to bracing for impact.
This might be you if any of these feel familiar:
The part of the nervous system responsible for survival does not respond to logic alone. I work in a way that helps the body register safety gradually, so the system can begin to soften its vigilance and return to ease.
"I don't know how I feel.
I've lost the thread."
In a world that rewards constant output, many people lose contact with their interior life. They function beautifully. They are successful, admired, and productive. And still, something feels absent.
This might be you if any of these feel familiar:
We’ll work gently to restore contact with your inner life — clarity, vitality, curiosity, and the quiet confidence that returns when you feel more like yourself again.
"Life is good. So why
can't I enjoy it?"
You may notice a pattern: when something good happens, part of you begins bracing for what comes next. Joy can feel temporary, as though it might disappear before you fully arrive in it.
This might be you if any of these feel familiar:
We’ll work to help your nervous system experience expansion as safe, steady, and sustainable — so ease feels less fleeting and more available.
For artists, performers, and writers: sensitivity is not a liability. It is part of your instrument. This work does not blunt it; it helps you access it with more freedom.
"I have everything.
And I feel nothing."
By every external measure, you have succeeded. The career, the recognition, the financial freedom. And yet something essential feels out of reach.
This might be you if any of these feel familiar:
This work is not about chasing more. It’s about restoring aliveness — so success can feel inhabited, not just observed.
If this feels like the right kind of work, the next step is a brief conversation.
Continue to Work With AmyIn person, by phone,
or anywhere in the world.
Most clients work with me weekly, treating sessions as they would any serious investment in their health. Some come twice a week during intensive periods; others every other week as life allows. There is no prescribed schedule. We find what works for your nervous system, your life, and your process.
Sessions take place in person in West Los Angeles or remotely via Zoom. Somatic work translates beautifully to the screen — many long-term clients have never been in the same room as me. What matters is not proximity but presence.
This is not cathartic work. We do not re-expose you to what hurt you. We work gently, incrementally, always at the pace your system can integrate. You will feel the difference in your body, sleep, and relationships before you can fully articulate what has changed.
I am not a licensed mental health practitioner or psychotherapist. I work from a somatic wellness paradigm — drawing on neuroscience, body-based modalities, and 30 years of direct experience with thousands of clients. If you are currently in crisis or experiencing thoughts of self-harm, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988. For everyone else, this may be a supportive fit for the kind of work you are seeking.